Box for holding glass spoons and the like



J. HIRSCH.. ox Foa HOLDING GLASS sPooNs AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATlON FILED APR. 2l, 1920.

Patented Feb. 8, 1921.

JULIUs mason, or BnooxLYN, Naw Yomz.

BOX FOR HOLDING GLASS SPOONS AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 8, 1921.

Application mea April 21, 1920. serial m. 375,482.

Y 'o all whom t may cof/1 cern.'

Be it known that I, J ULiUs HIRsoH, a citizen of Germany, residing at Brooklyn, Kings county, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxes for Holding Glass Spoons and the like, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in boxes for holding glass spoons o r similar articles, one of the objects of my invention being to provide a box, of the nature specitied, arranged to firmly hold the articles placed therein and prevent the lashing or movement of said articles after they have been positioned in the box, whereby break-v age thereof is eliminated. My improved box is also arranged so that the spoons or similar articles can be easily placed in the box and removed therefrom.

I will now proceed to describe my invention in detail, the novel features of which I will point out in the appended claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, whereinz Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved box, a few spoons being illustrated in position therein;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal View, the spoons being omitted, the section being taken on aline 2 2 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view, the section being taken on line 3 3 in Fig. 1, the cover of the box being omitted;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view of a blank out of which a part of the box is formed; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary View of a spoon, such as my box is particularly adapted to retain.

My improvement consists of a box portion 6 carrying a rack member 7 arranged to retain spoons or the like, indicated by 8. The rack member 7 consists of a body member 9 having upstandingribs 1() and 11. Each rib 10 and 11 carries a plurality of openings 12 and a plurality of slots 13, each slot being formed with a mouth portion 14 and a somewhat wider pocket portion 15, which is preferably circular. It will be seen that the openings 12 and slot 13 are alternated to permit of the proper positioning of the glass spoons 8 which are made up ofja handle portion 16 and a bowl portion 17. In this class of articles the bowl 17 and handle 16 are usually connected by a reduced portion 18 and myv improved box is particularly well adapted to retain these articles, for the reason that the slot 13 is formed with its mouth portion 14 somewhat narrower than the pocket portion 15; hence after the articles are inserted, the narrow portion 18 being passed through the mouth 14, the pocket portion 15 will receive the adjacent portion of the handle 16. As the diameter of the handle 16 is greater than the width of mouth 14, the spoon cannot be withdrawn by being pulled upwardly, more especially for the reason that the opposite end portion of said handle is retained by an alining opening 12. An inspection of Fig. 1 will show that each slot 18 in one rib is in alinement with an opening 12 in the other rib. It will be apparent that the spoons are held in place by openings 12 and pockets 15.

To insert the spoons, the ends 19 thereof will be passed through openings 12 and the narrow portion 18 of each spoon passed through a mouth 14 into pocket 15, after which the spoons will be moved longitudinally until the handle 16 of each spoon engages its pocket 15 (see Fig. 1). After hav- ,ing been positioned, as described, the spoons will be firmly held in position and cannot drop out. As can be seen in Fig. 1, the spoons will be positioned end for end; hence every alternate spoon will have its bowl end positioned at the same end of the box. This will avoid any chances of the bowls being knocked together while the spoons are being inserted or withdrawn. To withdraw the spoons, the operation described for inserting same will be reversed.

The rack member 7 is made up of the body portion 9 and ribs 10 and 11 which are preferably integral therewith. The rack inember as a whole will be secured to the bottom 20 of the box by eyelets 21 or otherwise. The rack member 7 will be made from a blank, illustrated in Fig. 4, said blank., ad jacent each end, will be stamped out to rovide the openings 12 and slots 13. Ellhe blank, indicated by A, will be scored as at 22, 23 and 24. To provide the ribs 10 and 11, the blank will be bent along the scores 22 and 23, the score 24 being the peak of the ribs. After the ribs have been formed, openings 12 will aline as will also pockets 15.

As is apparent, the ribs 10 and 11 are made up of angularly disposed members 25'and 26 that will not collapse or bend and the supports having in one an opening in the top of said support and the other unopened the opening m the top bein reduced relative 15 to the width of the er oration whereby spoons may be remove by sliding until the neck registerswith the reduced o enin Signed at New York city, N. th1s19 day of April, 1920.

JULIUS HIRSCH. Witnesses:

EDWARD A. JAnvIs, MAURICE BLOCK. 

